Cigar-packing machine.



Patented Nov. 5, mm.

hi4 ATTORNEY.

WITNESSES 1 INVENTOR- @t JEMErsh'aTZ,

UNITED TATES PATENT TFFICE.

JOHN C. MARSHALL, OF MOUNT WASHINGTON, MISSOURI.

CIGAR-PACKING MACHINE.

SPEGIFICATIDN forming part of Letters Patent 0. 686,097, dated November5, 1901. Application filed November23, 1899. Serial No. '73 8,117. (Nomodel.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN C. MARSHALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mount Washington, in the county of Jackson and State ofMissouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cigar-PackingMachines, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the ac companying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in cigar-packers.

The object of my invention is to provide a cigar-packer by means ofwhich the cigars before being placed in the box may be compressed intothe proper shape and space.-

My invention provides, further, two compressing members relativelymovable one toward and from the other, the movable member forming asupport for the cigars, combined with means for adjustably limiting thescope of movement of the movable member and releasable means forpreventing rearward movement of the said movable member.

My invention provides, further, certain novel features of constructionhereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure 1represents a front elevation view in the open position. Fig. 2represents a similar view in the closed position with the pressblock inposition. Fig. 3 represents a top View partially broken away to show thelever and link. Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-section taken on the dottedline a b of Fig. 3. I

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts.

The cigar-packer comprises two members A and B, which are thecompressing members. The member A comprises a horizontal base 0, a rearvertical portion D, and the compressing-abutment E, disposed verticallyat one end of the base and at right angles to the rear portion D.Reciprocally mounted upon the base 0 is a horizontal movable platform F,upon which the cigars are placed before compressing and which isprovided at its right end with a vertical abutment B, which is themovable compressing member. The abutment B is disposed parallel to theabutment E. The movable platform F is provided on its under side with aslide-block G, reciprocally mounted in a longitudinal slot H in the base0. The slot H is preferably beveled downwardly and outwardly on itssides, and the block G is beveled to correspond. This constructionprevents the platform F from rising from the base. The movable member isreciprocated by means of a lever I, horizontally disposed, the rear endof which is pivoted in any suitable manner to the base C. A link J isconnected at one end to the lever I and at the other end to theunderside of the platform F. Upon the forward side of the base portion 0is secured a rack K, the teeth thereof being in the upper edge and soshaped as to prevent the rearward or retrograde movement of the movablecompressing member B when the teeth are engaged by the pawl L, which ispivotally mounted upon the said movable member. To the right of therack, upon the base 0, is secured an adjusting-plate M by means of aset-screw N, which extends through a longitudinal slot 0 in the plate Mand enters the base 0. The plate M is so located as to be struck by thepawl L when the member B is moved to the farthest extent to the right.By adjusting the plate M to the right or left upon the base 0 themovement of the member B is regulated to suit the number or size ofcigars to be compressed.

indicates the press-block employed to prevent the cigars from beingforced upward during the act of compression.

Q, indicates a ribbon passed under the ci-- gars before compression andby means of which the cigarsare removed from the packer and placed intothe box.

' In operating my invention the lover I is moved to the right until thepawl L strikes the plate M, the pawl being lifted from the rackK, so asto permit of themoving of the platform F, which carries the pawl. Theplate M has been previously adjusted by loosening the screw N, movingthe plate to the right or left until the abutment B is the requireddistance from the abutment E, and then tightening the screw N. The firstrow of cigars are then placed upon the platform F, the ribbon Q havingbeen previously laid thereon with the ends lying over the abutments 0and E, respectively. The number of cigars placed in the first row isgenerally twelve, the next row thirteen, the next twelve, and the toprow thirteen. After these have been placed as described the press-blockis held upon the top row with sufficient force to preventthe cigarsbulging upwardly, and the lever I is then forced to the left, thusforcing the abutment B toward the abutment E and compressing the cigarsbetween them. The lever is moved to the left until the pressblock P isagainst the two abutments. The length of the press block determines theamount of compression placed upon the cigars. The pawl L during themovement of the lever land the platform F to the left runs over therack-teeth and prevents the backward movement of the abutment andplatform after compression. The cigars are then lifted by means of theribbon Q from the packer and are placed in the box. It will be foundthat the cigars are each very evenly and uniformly compressed into anhexagonal form. It will be noted that in my invention the cigar supportor platform F moves with the cigars during their compression. Where thecigars are compressed upon a stationary support, the moist wrappersstick to the platform and the cigars being forced along the top of thestationary support mutilates the wrappers. In my invention this isavoided.

My invention is subjective of many modifications without departing fromthe spirit thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. Acigar=packer comprising two com pressing members, one of which ismovable toward and from the other, the movable member forming a supportfor the cigars, releasable means for preventing rearward movement of thesaid movable member, and adj ustable means for limiting the rearwardmovement of the said movable member, substantially as described.

2. Acigar-packer comprisingtwo compressing members, a lever pivoted toone member, means for moving one member toward and from the other memberwhen the lever is operated, the said movable member forming a supportfor the cigars, and adjustable means for limiting the rearward movementof the movable member, substantially as described.

3. A cigar-packer comprising two compress ing members, a lever pivotedto one member, a link connecting the lever with the other member formoving the same when the lever is operated, the movable member forming asupport for the cigars, and means for preventing rearward movement ofthe said movable member, substantially as described.

4. A cigar-packer comprising two com pressing members, means for movingone member toward and from the other, a plate provided with a slotcarried by the stationary memher and providing a stop for the rearwardmovement of the movable member, and asecuring device on the stationarymember extending through the slot in the said plate and on which theplate is adjustable, sub stantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN G. MARSHALL.

